2 Researching with Children as an Opportunity for Active and Interactive Learning: Lessons from a Digital Game Design Project

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-47
Author(s):  
Yuko Goto Butler
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Interactive Learning ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Researching With Children

Game Design as Part of Disciplinary Curriculum on Pedagogy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Guaracy Silveira
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Abstract Model ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Graduate Courses ◽  
Interdisciplinary Project ◽  
And Training

Guided by the principles of digital game design, the author proposes a reformulation of the pedagogical objectives and focuses of the pedagogical graduate courses, especially in relation to internship and training stages, in a problem-solving model based on digital games intending to shift the formation of future teachers from an abstract model to a real-life-based problem, thus proposing guidelines for an interdisciplinary project. The chapter summaries this proposal enlisting the necessary structural changes needed to achieve this goal to guide those wishing to adjust their pedagogical projects in a way to insert the digital games as educational devices in their courses without having to remodel the entire existing course. An introduction to the problem is made, its theorical background presented, followed by a contextualization of the Brazilian educational area with the proposition delineated and a conclusion.

scholarly journals USABILITY ASSESSMENT OF A SENSOR-CONTROLLED DIGITAL GAME FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH HEART FAILURE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S892-S892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kavita Radhakrishnan ◽  
Christine Julien ◽  
Matthew O’Hair ◽  
Catherine Fournier ◽  
Grace Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Usability Assessment ◽  
Central Texas ◽  
Knowledge Content

Abstract The inability of older persons with heart failure (HF) to self-manage has contributed to poor health outcomes. Our team from nursing, digital game design, and mobile computing developed an innovative sensor-controlled digital game (SCDG) called ‘Heart Mountain’ to offer a portable, and enjoyable tool to facilitate engagement in HF self-management. We installed the SCDG application, which featured older adult game avatars on the participants’ smartphones. The SCDG utilized data from an activity tracker and weight scale to trigger game rewards, knowledge content and messages based on participants’ real-time behaviors. In this study we assessed the usability of a SCDG prototype with 10 HF older adults in Central Texas. Observations on the usability of the SCDG app by older adults were noted on a usability heuristics checklist. Acceptance and satisfaction were collected by an open-ended survey guided by Intrinsic Motivation Inventory after a week of playing the game. Participants (60% males, 60% white, ages 63-84) were able to play the game and use the devices after a training session that lasted for 15 minutes. We will present results on participants’ ease of use of the SCDG app, satisfaction with the knowledge content, quizzes and rewards features of the SCDG, and perceptions on acceptance and satisfaction with the SCDG for heart failure self-management. Our project will generate insights on designing digital gaming solutions that are acceptable to older adults and can be applied to improve self-management of chronic diseases like heart failure.

Designing Games for Learning

2009 ◽  
pp. 1183-1203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott J. Warren ◽  
Mary Jo Dondlinger
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Real World ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Learning Game ◽  
Games For Learning ◽  
Addie Model ◽  
Instructional Design Principles

This chapter discusses two games that were designed to target learning as well as implications for the design of future games intended for this purpose. It illustrates how the ADDIE model of instructional design can be leveraged to produce digital game spaces as well as the limitations that designers face based on the goals of the project, the chosen technology, and the audience chosen for the digital intervention. The goal of this chapter is to use real-world examples of learning game design processes in order to prepare instructional designers for the complexity of using game and instructional design principles as a means of improving student motivation, learning, and other psychological factors that prepare them for engaging meaningfully in the educational experience.

scholarly journals Game Factors and Game-Based Learning Design Model

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen-Ru Shi ◽  
Ju-Ling Shih
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Educational Game ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Game Value ◽  
Design Factors

How to design useful digital game-based learning is a topic worthy of discussion. Past research focused on specific game genres design, but it is difficult to use when the target game genre differs from the default genres used in the research. This study presents macrodesign concepts that elucidates 11 crucial game-design factors, including game goals, game mechanism, game fantasy, game value, interaction, freedom, narrative, sensation, challenges, sociality, and mystery. We clearly define each factor and analyze the relationships among the 11 factors to construct a game-based learning design model. Two application examples are analyzed to verify the usability of the model and the performance of these factors. It can assist educational game designers in developing interesting games.

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